Economics 1021 – Prof. Fazzari
Course Outline, Lecture Notes, and Calendar

 

 

Use this link for the detailed course outline, which also is a table of contents for the online course notes.  The calendar below shows the topics on the outline discussed during each class lecture.

 

Use the links below to download the course note files for each major section of the course.  These notes will be updated as we cover the relevant material in class.  Therefore, you are discouraged from printing out the notes, at least until you are told that they are in final form before exams.  The date of most recent update appears in the table.  (If no date appears, the most recent update was during the previous offering of this course in 2007.)

 

Introductory Material  (Final, Jan. 20)

I.       The Concerns of Macroeconomics  (Final, Jan. 21)

II.      Macroeconomic Data  (Final, Feb. 11)

III,     Intro to Macro Theory:  The Supply Side and the Demand Side (Final, Feb. 23)

IV.    Major Components of the Economy  (Final, March 28)

V.     Deeper Exploration of Demand Side Theory:  Keynesian Economics (Final, April 13)

VI.    Inflation and Unemployment:  The Phillips Curve (Final, April 13)

VII.   Monetary Economics and Policy (Final, April 15)

VIII.  Economic Growth and Supply-Side Policy (Final, April 22)

IX.    Saving and Government Deficits (Final, April 29)

 

The table below shows class lecture dates and the material covered in each lecture.  References apply to the detailed course outline.  The bold face references reflect material already covered.  Future references are given for students who wish to read ahead in the notes linked above.

 

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

 

1.   January 19
Intro. Material

2.   January 21
I.A – I.B

3.   January 24
II.A.1 – II.A.3.c
Also II.A.3.e and f

4.   January 26
II.A.3.d – II.A.4

5.   January 28
II.A.5 – II.A.6

6.   January 31
II.D.1 – II.D.2

7.   February 2
II.D.3 – II.D.4

8.   February 4
II.D.5.a – II.D.5.b

9.   February 7
II.D.5.c – II.D.5.f

10.  February 9
II.D.5.f – II.D.5.h

11.  February 11
II.D.i – II.D.k

12.  February 14
III.A

13.  February 16
III.B – III.B.2.a

14.  February 18
Exam # 1 In Class

15.  February 21
III.B.b – III.B.2

16.  February 23
III.B.3 – III.C

17.  February 25
III.D

18.  February 28
IV.A.2 – IV.A.3

19.  March 2
IV.A.1; IV.A.3–IV.A.4

20.  March 4
IV.B.1 – IV.B.4

21.  March 7
IV.B.5 – IV.B.6.c

22.  March 9
IV.B.6.d – IV.C.1

23.  March 11
IV.C.2 – IV.C.5

March 12 – 20:  Spring Break

 

24.  March 21
IV.C.6 – IV.C.8

25.  March 23
IV.C.9.a

26.  March 25
IV.C.9.b – IV.C.10

27.  March 28
IV.D (except IV.D.2)

28.  March 30
IV.D.2, V.A.1.a – V.A.1.d

29.  April 1
Exam #2 in Class

30.  April 4
V.A.1.e – V.B.1.a

31.  April 6
V.B.1.a – V.B.2

32.  April 8
V.B.3 – V.B.6

33.  April 11
VI.A – VI.C

34.  April 13
VI.C.5 – VII.C.3

(Note that we skipped VII.A and VII.B)

35.  April 15
VII.C.3 – VII.C.4

36.  April 18
VII.C.5 – VII.C.6

37.  April 20
VIII.A – VIII.B.4

38.  April 22
VIII.B.5 – VIII.C.5

39.  April 25
VIII.B.6 – IX.B.2

41.  April 26
IX.B.3 – IX.C.1

42.  April 28
IX.C.3 – IX.C.6

 

Final Exam:  Tuesday, May 10, 10:30 to 12:30
Louderman 458